Color edge



R. LA CASSE Aug. 18, 1964 COLOR EDGE Filed Sept. 2'7, 1961 R m V m United States Patent 3,144,678 COLOR EDGE Roger La Casse, 32 Prospect St., White Plains, N.Y. Filed Sept. 27, 1961, Ser. No. 141,081 1 Claim. (Cl. 16-16) This invention relates to improved edging and in particular to colored ornamental and protective edgings for oor coverings to secure the edge thereof against movement.

Prior art edgings have been provided for oor coverings in order to prevent their moving out from under a person stepping thereon with a strong forward movement. Such edgings have also performed the function of giving an ornamental finish to the edge of the oor covering. Usually the edging is secured to a floor by securing means which are passed through openings in the edging. For various reasons, prior art edgings have been found to warp after fairly short periods of use and usually had to be thrown out whenever the covering was removed for cleaning or other purposes.

Accordingly, the main object of this invention is to provide an edging having means for securing the same to a floor and having reinforcing means in its top edge to prevent warping.

Another object of this invention is to provide an edging having a stripping member for securing the end of a carpet and the like to the edging.

These and other related objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully realized as the description thereof proceeds, particularly when taken together with the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the edging of the present invention.

FIGURE 2 is a cross-section through 2-2 of FIG- URE 1 showing the floor covering attached to the edging.

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the device of the invention shown mounted.

Referring now to the drawing, the edging 1 of the invention comprises a generally C-shaped channel suitably constructed of any durable, color-retentive material such as hard rubber, both natural and synthetic, acrylate, polyamide, phenol-formaldehyde and polyethylene resins, and formed by extruding the resin through a die having the required design.

The front leg 2 of edging 1 has' a generally rounded face and may be extruded around metal reinforcing member 3, or this member 3 may be moulded into the edge to provide warp-resistant means. As shown, the horizontal thickness of front leg 2 diminishes below its midpoint such that the upper portion of the back surface of the front leg lies normal to the base of the channel which is fiat, all as shown in FIGURES 1 and 2.

As shown on FIGURES l and 2, the height of the straight rear leg 4, is about equal to the thickness of carpet padding 10, which conventionally is provided below floor coverings and rugs 11.

To fasten the rug 11 to the edging 1, a fastening member 12 of uniform cross-section is provided which may be of plastic or of wood is flat and has a straight rear edge 13 adapted to abut the leg 4 on one side and with its other side beveled or inclined downwardly, the width of the member 12 at its upper surface exceeding the width at its bottom surface, and the width of said upper surface being less than the distance between said rear leg 4 and the upper portion of the back surface of the front leg 2, such as to provide a cavity extending longitudinally of the edging 1 to receive the bent down edge portion of the rug, as clearly shown in FIGURE 2. A plurality of inclined pins or nails 15 protrude from member 12 for fastening the rug 11 thereto.

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As illustrated in FIGURE 2, bending the end of the rug will cause it to be secure in the rug receiving portion, while the adjacent rug 11 section will be secured by pins 15. If it is desired to remove the rug 11 from the edging 1 it is merely necessary to pull it up toward leg 2 to disentangle it from pins 15 and then straight upwardly out of portion 14.

As indicated the fastening member 12 is nailed through the edging 1 and into the floor by nails 17, or the edging may be cemented to the floor with any conventional glue.

An important advantage of the molding or edging 1 of the invention is that the plastic material of which it is made can be colored to harmonize with any rug or carpet 11, and can be shaped to iit any curves. Also, as the bottom of the edging 1 is flat, it can be contacted with cement floors and glued thereto. Again, the carpet held in the edging can be removed for restretching without damaging the edge thereof. Also the floors adjacent to the carpet can be washed without tarnishing.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have provided an edging which is particularly suitable for ornamental purposes and for securing floor coverings to oors and other surfaces.

Having thus disclosed my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A carpet edging for securing carpeting to a Hoor comprising an elongated C-shaped channel having a flat base and a pair of upwardly extending front and rear legs, the front leg presenting a generally rounded face, and a back surface having an upper portion which lies normal to the flat base, the rear leg having a vertical height less than the height of the front leg and substantially equal to the height of a pad to be disposed beneath a carpet to be connected and normal to the fiat base, an elongated member of uniform cross-section and of a height corresponding to that of the rear leg disposed in said channel with its rear edge abutting the entire inside surface of said rear leg and its front edge presenting an inclined surface, the width of said elongated member at its upper surface exeeding that at its bottom surface and the width of said upper surface being less than the inside distance of said channel between said rear leg and said upper portion of the back surface of the front leg, whereby to provide a cavity extending longitudinally of the edging to receive the edge portion of a carpet, means driven through the elongated member and the base of the channel and into a floor therebelow for holding the elongated member in fixed position, and a plurality of pin means extending outwardly of the upper surface of said elongated member towards said front leg for engaging and holding the carpet to be connected, said carpet edging being of extruded color plastic and an upstanding flat metal reinforcement strip member rectangular in cross-section wholly embedded in said front leg adjacent the back surface thereof and parallel thereto.

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